Baggage-holder.



A. VITT.

BAGGAGE HOLDER.

APPLICAT'ION FILED JAN 17. 1916. 7

- Patented Oct. 24,1916.

, 314001420: 1 A ITT AUGUST VITT, OF WASHINGTON, MISSOURI.

BAGGAGE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters late nt.

Patented Oct. 21, 1916.

Application filed January 17, 1916. Serial No. 72,549.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST YITT, a citizen of the I'nited States,residing at \Vashington, in the county of Franklin and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaggage-Holders, of which the following is a specification,reference'being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in baggage holders, anditis an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device ofthis general character which may be readily collapsed when not in use inorder to occupy a mini-mum of space.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of thisgeneral character having novel and improved means whereby it will beeffectively maintained in extended or operative adjustment.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved baggageholder whereby certain important advantages are attained and the deviceis rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a baggage holderconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. '2 isa transverse sectional view; and Fig. 3

is a transverse sectional view taken throughv my improved device when ina folded or compacted adjustment.

My improved baggage holder,*as-herein disclosed, is primarily intendedfor use in connection with an automobile and is adapted to be supportedon a foot-board thereof, but as I do not desire to be limited to thisparticular arrangement I have therefore not illustrated my invention inan applied position. It will also be understood that my holder may be ofany dimensions desired and may be produced of any suitable material andfinished. in any manner which best suits the user.

As herein disclosed, 1 denotes the bottom panel of my improved holderherein disof a height materially in excess of the height of theremaining vertical panels, as 1s clearly illustrated 1n the accompanyingdrawings. 9 denotes the front panel of my improved,

holder provided with the depending ears 10 returned to ait'ord thebarrels 11 through which the forward longitudinal pintle at is directed.The barrels 3 at each end of the bottom panel 1 have disposedtherethrough the pintle 12 also disposed through the barrels 14 carriedby the lower marginal por tion of the intermediate end panel 15. Theintermediate panel 15 is triangular in form with its apex extendedupwardly and has formed along its side margins the barrels 16 throughwhich are extended the pintles 17 also disposed through the barrels 18formed along the adjacent margins of the outer end panels 19, hereindisclosed as of right triangular formation, with their base marginsprovided with the barrels 20 through which are disposed the pintles 8,one of said pintles being directed through the barrels 7, hereinbeforereferred to, while the second pintle is disposed through the barrels 21formed at the end margins of the front panel 9.

In View of the foregoing arrangement of parts, it will be perceived thatas the back panel 5 is forced downwardly, the :end panels 15 and19-together with the front panel 9 will swing inwardly below the backpanel 5 whereby the holder, when not in use, can be collapsed orcompacted in order to occupy a minimum of space.

Inorder to assure the holder maintaining an open or operativeadjustment, I pivotally engage with the inner face of the bottom panel 1the U-shaped brackets 22 of a width substantially equal to the width ofthe bottom panel 1 and which serve, as is particularly shown in Fig. 1,to prevent my improved holder from collapsing.

In order to maintain my improved device in a foldedor compactedadjustment, I provide the free longitudinal marginal portion of thebottom panel 1 with the upstanding spring catches 23 adapted to coact'with the rear panel 5 as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. It is to beobserved that the rear panel 5 is of a transverse width slightly inexcess of the transverse width of the bottom panel 1 and that the freelongitudinal margin of the rear panel 5 is disposed on a slight incline,and in order that the requisite engagement of the hooks 23 with the rearpanel 5 may be had, I provide the marginal portion with the recesses 24:as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be. obvious that abaggage holder constructed in accordance'with my invention is of anextremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and isparticularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled. and it willalso be obvious thatmy invention is susceptible of some change and modificationwithoutmaterial departure from the principles and spirit thereof and forthis reason I do not Wish to be un derstood as limiting myself to theprecise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown incarrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

1. A holder of the character described comprising a bottom panel, sidepanels hinged thereto 'and adapted to fold thereupon. end panels,saidend panels comprising an intermediate section of triangularformation hinged to the ends of the bottom panel, end sections ofrighttriangular formation pivotally engaged with the side margins of theintermediate section and to the end margins of the front and backpanels, and members pivotally engaged with the inner face of the bottompanel at points inwardly of the end panels and coacting with theremaining panels for preventing the device from collapsing whendistended.

2. A holder of the character described comprising a bottom panel, sidepanels hinged thereto and adapted to fold thereupon. end panels, saidend panels comprising an intermediate section of triangular formationhinged to the ends of the bottom panel, end sections of right triangularformation pivotally engaged with the side margins of the intermediatesection and to the end margins-of the front and back panels, and U-shapebrackets pivotally engaged with the inner face of the bottom panel andcoacting with the remaining panels for pre- 7 venting the devicecollapsing when distended.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. 1 AUGUST VITTL.

Witnesses: 3

JESSE H.-SCHAPER, MAX LINDAUER.

